Newspaper receptacle



Dec. 27, 1927.

A. c. CRIMMEL Filed Aug. 17 1922 v .I w i 4 Patented 237, 1927.

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Application filed August 17, 1922. Serial No. 582,470.

This invention relates to a receptacle designed primarily for holding newspapers, periodicals and the like, one of the objects of the invention being to provide a receptacle which can be installed on a porch, house or other structure where publications delivered by mail can be placed and properly held until removed by the addressee.

Another object is to provide a device of this character having transparent walls so that the contents thereof can be seen through the walls.

n further objectis to provide simple and eficient means for attaching the container to a supporting structure.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description Pl'OCPQdS, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of the container.

Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2, Fig ure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged section on line 33, Figure 1.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a molded. container of glass or rather suitable transparent material,

the same being substantially cylindrical. in the form illustrated and being provided with a closed end 2 and an open flared end 3. Ribs 4 arranged in pairs extend around the container, at desired intervals, the distance between theribs of eachpair being substantially equal. to the diameter of a wire 5 looped about the container and having terminal arms 6 extending in opposite direct-ions. These arms terminate in eyes 7 adapted to receive screws 8 or other fastening means. One or more of these attaching brackets formed by a wire 5 can be used, one bracket being seated between the ribs t of one pair while another bracket, if used, is seated between the ribs 4 of another pair. The brackets are so proportioned that when the arms 6 are fastened to a supporting structure 9, the container ered by mail or otherwise.

l will be supported rigidly and substantially parallel with the structure but spaced therefrom except at its flared upper end, as shown in Figure 2.

Obviously newspapers or other publications when delivered to an addressee can be inserted into the flared end 3 of the con tainer belonging to said addressee and a mere glance at the container will disclose through the transparent wall thereof,

whether a publication has been delivered.

safely and. will not be blown away and lost as wherethrown pronnscuously on the promises. I

V hat is claimed is 1-- 1. A newspaper receptacle comprising a substantially cylindrical container closed at one end and having its other end constantly open-throughout its diameter and flared, there being a plurality of pairs of spaced annular ribs integral with the receptacle and forming annular grooves therebetween, and an attaching bracket for engagement with a supporting structure, said bracket having an arcuate portion removably seated within any one of the grooves and extended partly around the container for spacing it from the supporting structure, and for holding the container in a substantially horizontal position.

2. A newspaper receptacle comprising a substantially cylindrical transparent container closed at one end and'having its other end constantly open throughout its diameter and flared, there being end and intermediate pairs of spaced annular ribs integral with the receptacle, the ribs of each pair forming an annular groove therebetween, said grooves constituting means for receiving attaching brackets extending around the receptacle.

3. A newspaper receptacle comprising a substantially cylindrical transparent container closed at one end and having its other end constantly open through out its diameter and flared, there-being end and intermediate pairs of ribs extending around the receptacle, the ribsof each pair being spaced apart to provide an annular groove therebetween, and an attaching bracket ceptacle thereby to be held assembled seated in one of the grooves and engaging therewith. 1

the ribs at the sides thereof thereby to pre- In testimony that I claim the foregoing 10 vent relative movement of the receptacle as my own, 1 have hereto afiixed my sigand bracket in the direction of the length nature. of the receptacle, said bracket being extended more than half Way around the re- ALVIE CLYDE CRIMWEL. 

